Chapter 972: For Your Own Good

The mysterious entity had already left the venue of the ceremony.

While everyone was still stuck in a state of blankness.

As the lines of notifications popped up on the War God UI, Gu Qing Shan didn’t waste a single second.

Oong——-

The twin swords Heaven and Earth abruptly manifested, turned into streak streaks of light, blinked, and vanished.

The Heaven sword, as swift as a rainbow.

The Earth sword, as heavy as a mountain.

The twin swords flickered through the sky and approached the 16 Divinities.

The Heaven sword arrived first and split into countless sharp sword phantoms.

——–in a split second, 9 Taiyi Sword Arrays had manifested around the 16 Divinities.

As the storm of swords began to rise up, the Earth sword arrived.

It slashed and created a crescent-shaped sword phantom in the sky.

This was [Crescent Slash]—— infused with [Earth’s Choice]!

Gu Qing Shan scowled.

The power of using both [Heaven’s Choice] and [Earth’s Choice] at the same time was too terrifying.

He silently adjusted his control.

Following his thought, the sword phantoms no longer scattered outwards and instead weaved among one another, all heading upwards.

——this was the first time Gu Qing Shan had fought with his full strength ever since he achieved Paragon realm.

While they were still stunned, the Divinities weren’t able to defend themselves and took the full brunt of the 9 Taiyi Sword Arrays unleashed by the Heaven sword, then also took the Earth sword’s all-extinguishing attack.

They naturally couldn’t survive.

Over a dozen glowing lines of text popped up in front of Gu Qing Shan’s eyes on his UI:

[You’ve killed ancient personal combat Soul Artifact #1 (expired)]

[You obtained 150,000 Soul Points]

[You’ve killed ancient personal combat Soul Artifact #3 (expired)]

[You obtained 110,000 Soul Points]

[You’ve killed ancient personal combat Soul Artifact #4 (expired)]

[You obtained 160,000 Soul Points]

…

Gu Qing Shan silently sighed in relief.

It’s a good thing that I managed to act fast enough and earned all these Soul Points myself.

If I had waited for any longer until Lin acted, I wouldn’t have gotten anything.

And that would also reveal Lin’s existence.

After he read through all the notifications, Gu Qing Shan looked up at the sky.

I now have ample amounts of Soul Points.

And the Divinities have been dealt with.

I wonder what that guy behind the Divinities would do next?

It’s already been several ten thousand years.

How much clarity has his mind regained?

Gu Qing Shan waited for a few moments.

The guests at the ceremony venue all slowly regained their senses.

“Huh? What did I do just now?”

“What happened?”

“I don’t know, my mind went blank just now”

“I think they were dancing on the platform earlier”

“Did the Dance conclude already?”

Everyone was lively discussing among themselves.

The same scene was occurring everywhere within the infinite worlds.

The clothes that Gu Qing Shan, Zhang Ying Hao, and Ye Fei Li were wearing also vanished.

They returned to their original appearances.

“Are you ok?” Ye Fei Li asked in a low voice.

“How’s your body?” Zhang Ying Hao also asked.

Feeling warm in his heart, Gu Qing Shan smiled and told them: “Hm, there shouldn’t be any issues for the next while, thanks a lot——- next time I dance, I’ll need to ask for your help again”

“WHAT!? We have to dance again!?” both of them shouted in shock.

Zhang Ying Hao recalled how he was belly dancing earlier and became speechless.

Ye Fei Li was also unable to utter a single word.

I thought I had already made up my mind to join and fight alongside Gu Qing Shan in the 900 million World Layers…

But now that seems like it was too hasty of a decision.

“Let’s not talk about that for now, the true enemy is approaching”

Gu Qing Shan looked up.

The other two also followed his gaze.

Only to see a black spot appearing above them.

This black spot descended like a meteor from the sky and fell straight into the venue of the ceremony.

Long grey horns that stuck close to his head, curving backward along with his hair.

A body clad in drifting grey mist.

Just by standing there, he gave off the impression of a brewing tornado.

——-the Abyssal Demon Dragon.

He still arrived in the end.

「 How strange, how did an insignificant mortal like yourself manage to survive to this day? 」

The Abyssal Demon Dragon stared closely at Gu Qing Shan and curiously pondered.

“You recognize me?” Gu Qing Shan smiled and replied.

「 Of course, you give off an immense Demon Dragon bloodkin aura, although it’s currently being obscured by something, it couldn’t possibly deceive my senses 」

The Demon Dragon moved his neck around a bit and continued: 「 Let’s put the Bramble Bird Kingdom aside, for now, your death will be my first priority—– after all, in this world, there should only be a single existence like myself 」

Gu Qing Shan didn’t say anything.

An emerald green leaf had fluttered behind him and turned into a suit of blinding armor of light.

——the Bramble Bird Sovereign Armor.

Gu Qing Shan’s previous armor automatically detached itself.

It was replaced by this divine armor of light and swiftly protecting Gu Qing Shan.

The Demon Dragon squinted his eyes at this and spoke in a low tone of voice: 「 Bramble Bird Kingdom, you mean to shelter this man? 」

No one answered him.

Those with a certain level of background at the venue were already shocked and stunned by the scene in front of their eyes.

The man clad in grey mist was giving off an unprecedented sense of power.

His strength had already surpassed what was known by the 900 million World Layers as a whole.

As for the Bramble Bird Kingdom——-

‘Laura’ stood below the platform, staring coldly at the Demon Dragon.

She slowly walked up to the platform and stood by Gu Qing Shan.

After her, Lin also showed herself.

She was wearing a full suit of golden armor, equipped with a pair of Elemental Fire gauntlets, nimbly landing on top of the platform.

「 Ah? Your wounds—- 」

The Demon Dragon looked at Lin and muttered in surprise.

“I’m perfectly fine, it’s about time we settle our debt” Lin replied.

While they were talking, Ye Fei Li also walked up to stand by Gu Qing Shan’s side, a pair of crimson bird wings spread behind his back.

He was wielding a khopesh.

——-this was a weapon specifically to flay the soul from a person’s body.

The Forgetting River Soul Flayer Hook. (TN: Previously “Forgetting River Soul Separation Hook, changed to sound cooler)

Zhang Ying Hao took a step back behind the group and drew a black pistol.

As he was about to reach his other hand into the void of space to draw Cards, an emerald green leaf fluttered in front of him and turned into a black shoulder-mounted ballistic launcher.

“Hurry and pick it up, this thing is very powerful” the black pistol suddenly told him.

Zhang Ying Hao stopped drawing Cards and hurriedly received his ballistic launcher instead.

“What is this?” Zhang Ying Hao asked in a low voice.

“This the Cannon Brother—- do you know what the Cannon Brother is? It’s the kind of firearm that was specifically made to destroy worlds!” the pistol replied.

Zhang Ying Hao inhaled a cold breath and mounted the ballistic launcher on his shoulder.

Watching the group below, the Abyssal Demon Dragon laughed.

「 Bahahaha, how interesting, do you really think you can match up against me with only that much power? 」

His tone turned vicious:

「 The only thing I felt from the very start was that it might be troublesome, but if you’re going to be like this, I’ve decided to kill each and every one of you! 」

A figure appeared.

Lin didn’t bother to exchange meaningless words and jumped straight up to him.

Bam!

The heavy sound of impact created shockwaves that almost caused everyone to be blown away.

An intense burning fist struck the Abyssal Demon Dragon’s chest dead-on.

——-but the Demon Dragon didn’t even display a slight bit of pain on his face.

「 Tsk, tsk, tsk, without your Abyssal form, you truly are pathetically weak 」

Without the Demon Dragon moving at all, Lin was already sent flying.

Rumble rumble!

A large chunk of the palace collapsed with her.

The Abyssal Demon Dragon was completely disinterested: 「 Good, now that the biggest ant has been dealt with, in what order do the rest of you want to die? 」

His gaze passed through Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li.

Zhang Ying Hao’s body froze up.

Not good, my attack would definitely not connect!

Zhang Ying Hao had such a thought.

Ye Fei Li, on the other hand, was able to sense the other party’s true strength.

Damn it, such power…

Ye Fei Li was slowly being covered in a cold sweat, unable to move even a muscle.

Among the rubble, a figure climbed back out.

Lin wiped the blood from her mouth and spoke: “The fight has only just begun”

She went forward step by step towards the Abyssal Demon Dragon, her fighting spirit gradually accumulating.

If even I can’t do it, who would be able to stop it in this place?

No, I have to——–

Lin’s gaze focused itself as her power practically solidified around her body.

——-she was about to risk it all!

The Demon Dragon shook his head and spoke with confusion: 「 This place is no longer the Earth World or the Gemini Star, if you know that I’ve regained all of my Abyssal powers, why are you still looking to die? 」

Lin didn’t answer him.

Her body swiftly moved and charged towards the Abyssal Demon Dragon again.

This time, she was simultaneously using both her fist and palm!

The Demon Dragon became serious for a brief moment, blocked her strikes a few times with his hands, then lost all interest.

The difference in strength between them was simply too great.

——he was the strongest Soul Artifact of the Bygone Era humans, now sheltered by the power of the Abyss, his strength had far surpassed what it originally was.

With only her martial expertise, Lin wasn’t even a match.

After a few exchanges, the Demon Dragon reached his hands out and caught Lin’s fist and palm.

No matter how she struggled, Lin couldn’t escape from his grip.

The Demon Dragon gave off killing intent and smirked: 「 You who were abandoned by the Abyss can only use your death to—— 」

Before he finished his words.

The Demon Dragon noticed that the one he caught had changed.

—–for some reason, he was now holding the man who carried the Demon Dragon bloodkin aura.

While Lin was standing where that man originally stood.

What’s going on?

Just as the Demon Dragon fell into thought, the man looked at him and smiled: “It really wasn’t easy to catch you like this, now, let us have a nice and long talk”

——-it truly wasn’t easy.

With my strength, it was incredibly hard to grasp such an opportunity.

And this was the only hope for everyone to survive!

As he spoke, the pattern of a golden coin emerged out from the man’s body, followed their connected hands, and entered the Demon Dragon’s body.

Because Gu Qing Shan was too weak, this coin had been hiding inside his body without manifesting itself.

But Gu Qing Shan was still able to draw a bit of its power.

For example, absolute prohibition of the Earth.

[Absolute Prohibition: A target struck by you will have all their supernatural powers sealed away, duration 1 minute]

This was one of the three powers of the Earth Pillar God, just like [True Luck] and [Shelter], it was usable once every 30 days, an extremely precious power.

With the current situation, Gu Qing Shan had no room to consider other solutions.

He had to use this power now.

“I heard that you’ve become the boss of the Strife Zones recently, so everything you say and do has become a bit too willful. After thinking about it, although this might be hard to hear, but for your own good, I think I should still give you some advice”

As Gu Qing Shan spoke, he triggered his Lightning Thaumaturgy.

[Dreamjolt]!

Having lost all of his supernatural powers, the Demon Dragon couldn’t do anything in time and was completely engulfed by the blue lightning, thoroughly losing his ability to move.

Gu Qing Shan sighed and continued:

“While traveling from world to world, it’s best to be an honest person. This way, even if someone wanted to kill you, they would consider your feelings and at least make it swift”

He pulled one hand out and drew a Card from the void of space.

Rare item, [True Crimson Demon Spear]!